Grosses
'Star Trek Into Darkness' Nears $100 Million MarkMay 22, 2013 11:53 AM
Paramount's Star Trek Into Darkness grossed $6.76 million on Tuesday to lead the daily box office for a sixth straight day. The second installment of the re-launched sci-fi franchise did fall a significant 15 percent from Monday's performance, which had been inflated by the Victoria Day holiday in Canada. Star Trek Into Darkness has grossed a softer than expected $98.45 million in six days and is set to surpass the $100 million mark today. The film is currently running just 0.6 percent behind the $99.00 million six-day take of 2009's Star Trek, 35 percent behind the $151.92 million six-day start of 2003's The Matrix Reloaded and 43 percent stronger than the $69.00 million six-day gross of 2003's Terminator Salvation. While early daily holds have been very solid for Star Trek Into Darkness, the film will obviously face a major test this weekend with Universal's Fast & Furious 6, Warner's The Hangover Part III and Fox's Epic all entering the marketplace.
Warner's The Great Gatsby continued to display midweek strength on Tuesday with a second place take of $2.75 million. The Baz Luhrmann directed film starring Leonardo DiCaprio was up one spot and 5 percent over Monday and down 42 percent from last Tuesday. Like Star Trek Into Darkness, The Great Gatsby is also nearing the $100 million domestic milestone. With a stronger than expected twelve-day take of $96.26 million, The Great Gatsby is set to surpass the $100 million mark on Thursday.
Iron Man 3 was down one spot and 14 percent from Monday to place in third on Tuesday with $2.75 million. Disney's blockbuster superhero sequel was down 47 percent from last Tuesday. Iron Man 3 has grossed a massive $343.62 million in 19 days of domestic release. That places the film 35 percent ahead of the $255.05 million 19-day take of 2010's Iron Man 2 and 27 percent behind the $468.27 million 19-day gross of last year's Marvel's The Avengers.
Weekend Actuals (Domestic) Fri, Aug. 17 - Sun, Aug. 19
← previous next →| # | Title | weekend | Locations | Avg. | Total | Wks. | Dist. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American Pie 2 | $21,105,097 | -53% | 3,072 | 9 | $6,870 | $87,279,209 | 2 | Universal |
| 2 | Rush Hour 2 | $19,024,208 | -43% | 3,080 | -38 | $6,177 | $165,931,514 | 3 | New Line |
| 3 | Rat Race | $11,662,094 | -- | 2,550 | -- | $4,573 | $11,662,094 | 1 | Paramount |
| 4 | The Others | $10,906,170 | -23% | 2,153 | 475 | $5,066 | $32,171,640 | 2 | Miramax |
| 5 | The Princess Diaries | $9,614,307 | -32% | 2,726 | 20 | $3,527 | $70,245,977 | 3 | Disney |
| 6 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | $7,208,665 | -- | 1,595 | -- | $4,520 | $7,208,665 | 1 | Universal |
| 7 | Planet of the Apes (2001) | $7,142,635 | -46% | 3,060 | -341 | $2,334 | $161,241,014 | 4 | Fox |
| 8 | American Outlaws | $4,855,475 | -- | 2,348 | -- | $2,068 | $4,855,475 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 9 | Jurassic Park III | $4,441,133 | -41% | 2,516 | -659 | $1,765 | $168,329,293 | 5 | Universal |
| 10 | Legally Blonde | $2,575,400 | -32% | 1,770 | -261 | $1,455 | $52,687,313 | 6 | MGM |
